Road News - Page 7

Maxim Iglinsky made the final cut in the Ronde van Vlaanderen to battle with the race's top favourites, but he lacked the strength to respond to the attacks over the final climbs.   He kept his cool, though, and managed to close the day with a eighth in one of Belgium's hardest races.

Today, Team Saxo Bank continued on their path of success represented by Juan José Haedo who took a convincing sprint victory ahead of home ground favorite, André Greipel on the finish line of the 198 kilometer long race, Rund um Köln.

Boulder, CO – Brad White of the UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis continued his run of good form, taking 3rd in the Koppenberg Road Race near Boulder, CO Saturday. While it doesn’t feature any cobbled sections, the Koppenberg is billed as a Boulder Spring Classic, offering up plenty of climbing and numerous sections of dirt to challenge the riders.

Cancellara becomes a Ronde legend Swiss Fabian Cancellara became an instant legend today in Belgium with his attack on the Muur-Kapelmuur to win the Ronde van Vlaanderen. The win came at the hands of Belgium's cycling favourite, Tom Boonen, who Cancellara dropped to ride solo to victory.

The Belgian semi-classic Scheldeprijs will be an opportunity for the BMC Racing Team’s sprinters to test their legs while also serving as a final tune-up for Paris-Roubaix. ‘No Bad Cobblestones’Wednesday’s 205.4 km race features one loop of a 156 km course, followed by three shorter laps of a 16.4 km circuit. The past four years, the race has been decided in a bunch sprint. “There’s no climbs, no big difficulties and no bad cobblestones,” BMC Racing Team Director Sportif John Lelangue said. “For some of the guys, it’s good to have one day of competition between Flanders and Roubaix. But...